diff --git a/extensions/neo4j/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/health/Neo4jHealthCheck.java b/extensions/neo4j/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/health/Neo4jHealthCheck.java
index caa1bc77e6fdf..37dd41b0c213f 100644
--- a/extensions/neo4j/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/health/Neo4jHealthCheck.java
+++ b/extensions/neo4j/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/neo4j/runtime/health/Neo4jHealthCheck.java
@@ -10,9 +10,10 @@
 import org.jboss.logging.Logger;
 import org.neo4j.driver.AccessMode;
 import org.neo4j.driver.Driver;
+import org.neo4j.driver.Record;
 import org.neo4j.driver.Session;
 import org.neo4j.driver.SessionConfig;
-import org.neo4j.driver.exceptions.SessionExpiredException;
+import org.neo4j.driver.internal.retry.ExponentialBackoffRetryLogic;
 import org.neo4j.driver.summary.ResultSummary;
 import org.neo4j.driver.summary.ServerInfo;
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ public class Neo4jHealthCheck implements HealthCheck {
     /**
      * The Cypher statement used to verify Neo4j is up.
      */
-    private static final String CYPHER = "RETURN 1 AS result";
+    private static final String CYPHER = "CALL dbms.components() YIELD versions, name, edition WHERE name = 'Neo4j Kernel' RETURN edition, versions[0] as version";
     /**
      * Message indicating that the health check failed.
      */
@@ -49,15 +50,16 @@ public HealthCheckResponse call() {
 
         HealthCheckResponseBuilder builder = HealthCheckResponse.named("Neo4j connection health check").up();
         try {
-            ResultSummary resultSummary;
             // Retry one time when the session has been expired
             try {
-                resultSummary = runHealthCheckQuery();
-            } catch (SessionExpiredException sessionExpiredException) {
-                log.warn(MESSAGE_SESSION_EXPIRED);
-                resultSummary = runHealthCheckQuery();
+                return runHealthCheckQuery(builder);
+            } catch (Throwable exception) {
+                if (ExponentialBackoffRetryLogic.isRetryable(exception)) {
+                    log.warn(MESSAGE_SESSION_EXPIRED);
+                    return runHealthCheckQuery(builder);
+                }
+                throw exception;
             }
-            return buildStatusUp(resultSummary, builder);
         } catch (Exception e) {
             return builder.down().withData("reason", e.getMessage()).build();
         }
@@ -67,29 +69,34 @@ public HealthCheckResponse call() {
      * Applies the given {@link ResultSummary} to the {@link HealthCheckResponseBuilder builder} and calls {@code build}
      * afterwards.
      *
+     * @param editionAndVersion a single record containing edition and version
      * @param resultSummary the result summary returned by the server
      * @param builder the health builder to be modified
      * @return the final {@link HealthCheckResponse health check response}
      */
-    private static HealthCheckResponse buildStatusUp(ResultSummary resultSummary, HealthCheckResponseBuilder builder) {
+    private static HealthCheckResponse buildStatusUp(Record editionAndVersion, ResultSummary resultSummary,
+            HealthCheckResponseBuilder builder) {
         ServerInfo serverInfo = resultSummary.server();
 
-        builder.withData("server", serverInfo.version() + "@" + serverInfo.address());
+        builder.withData("server", "Neo4j/" + editionAndVersion.get("version").asString() + "@" + serverInfo.address());
 
         String databaseName = resultSummary.database().name();
         if (!(databaseName == null || databaseName.trim().isEmpty())) {
             builder.withData("database", databaseName.trim());
         }
+        builder.withData("edition", editionAndVersion.get("edition").asString());
 
         return builder.build();
     }
 
-    private ResultSummary runHealthCheckQuery() {
+    private HealthCheckResponse runHealthCheckQuery(HealthCheckResponseBuilder builder) {
         // We use WRITE here to make sure UP is returned for a server that supports
         // all possible workloads
         try (Session session = this.driver.session(DEFAULT_SESSION_CONFIG)) {
-            ResultSummary resultSummary = session.run(CYPHER).consume();
-            return resultSummary;
+            var result = session.run(CYPHER);
+            var editionAndVersion = result.single();
+            ResultSummary resultSummary = result.consume();
+            return buildStatusUp(editionAndVersion, resultSummary, builder);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/integration-tests/neo4j/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/neo4j/Neo4jFunctionalityTest.java b/integration-tests/neo4j/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/neo4j/Neo4jFunctionalityTest.java
index 0f8255e973d99..8055bd7d5e855 100644
--- a/integration-tests/neo4j/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/neo4j/Neo4jFunctionalityTest.java
+++ b/integration-tests/neo4j/src/test/java/io/quarkus/it/neo4j/Neo4jFunctionalityTest.java
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ public void health() {
                 .body("status", is("UP"),
                         "checks.status", containsInAnyOrder("UP"),
                         "checks.name", containsInAnyOrder("Neo4j connection health check"),
-                        "checks.data.server", containsInAnyOrder(matchesRegex("Neo4j/.*@.*:\\d*")));
+                        "checks.data.server", containsInAnyOrder(matchesRegex("Neo4j/.*@.*:\\d*")),
+                        "checks.data.edition", containsInAnyOrder(is(notNullValue())));
     }
 
     @Test